Reading the posts, called to mind on lan-opc.org.uk, the marriages of the inventer of the water frame cotton spinning machine Richard Arkwright (1732-1792). He married Patience Holt in Bolton in 31/03/1755 and was described as a peruke maker. He married Margaret Biggins in Leigh on 24/03/1761 and described as a barber from Bolton. He also invented a commercially successful dye for wigs. There is a great deal of information on the internet.
